Whichever gets the most votes byAugust 8 will be the official name of the exhibition’s mascot.

To vote for which name you thinkshould be chosen, visit the Leeds Museums and Galleries Facebook pageat www.facebook.com/leedsmuseumsandgalleries and ‘like’ the pictureof the name which you think is best. You can ‘like’ as many as you want but only the namewith the most votes will win.

Councillor Lucinda Yeadon,Leeds City Council’s executive member of digital and creative technologies,culture and skills, said:

“This fascinating look at Roman lifewill really showcase the important part that Yorkshire played in one of thebiggest empires the world has ever seen and it’s a real honour that we’rehosting such a prestigious exhibition.

“We always try to make ourexhibitions as interactive as possible, so we’d like localhistory-lovers, young and old, to get involved and play their part by helpingus to choose the name of our new Roman mascot.”

Roman Empire: Power and People runsfrom September 20 until January 4.

The exhibition will featuretreasures from the British Museum’scollections of Roman, Romano-British and Romano-Egyptian artefacts, which willtake their place alongside items from Yorkshire’s own collections, carefullyselected by the team at Leeds City Museum.

The exhibition showcases the richhistory of Romans in Yorkshire, Britain and across the Empire.

Activities and lectures will berunning alongside the exhibition, looking at subjects including Roman finds inYorkshire, crime and punishment in Roman Britain, hoards of Roman coins, RomanYork and new archaeological evidence courtesy of the development of Universityof York’s new campus.

A series of audio visuals,interactive features and family trails will also help bring alive the ideasbehind the exhibition.

Katherine Baxter, curator ofarchaeology at Leeds City Museum said:

“It is a privilege for us to hostthis nationally important collection and be British Museum partners. Being part of this tour means that weagain push the boundaries on what we can achieve for our visitors.

“We pride ourselves on appealing to awide audience and these 160 objects from the British Museum will build apicture of life as a Roman, wherever and whoever you were in the Empire.”

Leeds City Museum is on MillenniumSquare, Leeds, LS2 8BH, and is open every day, except Mondays, (open Bank Holidays)from 10am to 5pm and until 7pm on Thursdays. Weekends 11am to 5pm.